By 1914, the broader concept of "Expressionism" permeated German culture at many levels. It flourished in metropolitan culture but was marked by a profound ambivalence towards modern life. In this text, Behr explores themes of opposition and the practice of various communities.
An examination of the work of expressionist Egon Schiele. This book explores Schiele's obsession with sex, life and death, which gave rise to his famous female nudes and nude self-portraits, and examines his vision of the artist in society, and his work as a landscape and portrait painter.
This work explains the context in which abstract expressionism, seen by some as the first truly American art, emerged. It discusses the work produced by such artists as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and Barnett Newman.
Containing six chapters - The Brucke Group of Artists, Northern German Expressionism, The Blaue Reiter, Rhenish Expressionism, The City and Expressionism in Vienna - this work deals with a German artistic revolution, a phenomenon that has quite accurately been described as "the most significant German contribution to 20th century European art."
Expressionism is a style of art in which the intention is not to reproduce a subject accurately, but instead to portray it in such a way as to expressthe inner state of the artist. The movement is also associated with Germany in particular, and was influenced by such emotionally-charged styles as Symbolism, Favism and Cubism.
The term Neo-Dada surfaced in New York in the late 1950s and was used to characterize young artists. This title turns this time line for the postwar New York art world on its head, presenting a new pedigree for these artistic movements. It argues that the original Dada movement was not incompatible with abstract expressionism.
In-your-face, brutally pleasing, achingly simple, deceptively frank, the work of Christopher Wool is so very New York. Exploring Wool's work, this monograph analyzes Wool's career from its roots in the early 1980s to its state as one of the important and widely celebrated in contemporary art.
Features essays that are the result of reflection in the wake of World War II. These essays comprise a study of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They explain Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and describe his complex relationship with Andre Breton.
The "Brucke" (established in Dresden in 1905) is, together with the Blauer Reiter in Munich, the most important movement in German expressionism. This book covers the work of founding members Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Fritz Bleyl, as well as works by their friends, such as Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller.
Recognized for his remarkable synthesis of Expressionist and Cubist techniques, Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) has long been considered a leading modern artist in Germany. This survey examines the artist's broad-ranging interests and influences including his involvement in German Expressionism and the Bauhaus.